grease new ball joints?

[Jakegday]

when you buy new ball joints, and they come with a zerk, do they need to be greased prior to first use, or are they ready to go?

 

[Chris142]

Grease em. They come with a small amount of grease on them but it's only to stop rust.

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: Chris142
Grease em. They come with a small amount of grease on them but it's only to stop rust.

x2..grease it

 

[eljefino]

now's the time. Grease them installed though, the rubber boot will be compressed somewhat in installation and you'll squeeze out a monster mess if you do it off the car.

 

[SLCraig]

Grease for sure.

The real question is... What grease?

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: SLCraig

The real question is... What grease?

Moly fortified!

 

[beast3300]

I always grease after installing them to the car and before driving it.

 

[Jakegday]

wow! glad i asked... i thought for sure i would be told not to worry about it. looks like ill have to go buy me a grease gun today then.

really tho, what kind of grease should i use?

 

[mechtech2]

It is not necessary to grease them. They are not dry. What I am saying is that there is no emergency.
But I'll bet you are going to use a better grease then they did.
I really like a moly grease. A wonderful additive.
So for this reason, you could give them a shot. You'll have what you want in there, and enough of it.

So go ahead and put them in and drive it until you obtain your materials at your leisure.

 

[daman]

Originally Posted By: Jakegday
wow! glad i asked... i thought for sure i would be told not to worry about it. looks like ill have to go buy me a grease gun today then.

really tho, what kind of grease should i use?

Check myself and mechtech2 above posts....